“Where does she live?” said the Fairy. “Up at Sandown.” “Ah. It’ll hardly affect her. In the meantime, you and I have got to get busy about the account of the riot.” “But—what’s it all for?” “Emergency regulations,” said Feverstone. “You’ll never get the powers we want at Edgestow until the Government declares that a state of emergency exists there.” “Exactly,” said Filostrato. “It is folly to talk of peaceful revolutions. Not that the canaglia would always resist—often they have to be prodded into